Grok Imagine Pro (retired)
Grok Imagine Pro was the higher-fidelity tier of xAI's image models. xAI retired grok-imagine-image-quality and grok-imagine-image-pro on 2 November 2026. Requests to either name are now served by grok-imagine-image-2.0-low: Grok Imagine 2.0 with quality set to low, at a lower per-image price, with no request changes needed. The samples, settings and prices below record the former Pro model as tested on 9 September 2026; they do not describe the replacement.
Anvisha Pai, Co-founder & CEO, Voyager
xAI · released
›What we asked for
A self-portrait of Grok Imagine Pro, xAI's premium image model, as a cinematic film still: a lone figure in a long coat standing on a desert salt flat at golden hour, an enormous glowing X hovering in the sky behind them, anamorphic lens flare, 2.39:1 letterbox feel, moody colour grade.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 4:3, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1152 by 864 pixels
At a glance
- Retirement
- Retired on 2 November 2026; both Pro API names now serve Grok Imagine 2.0 at low quality.
- Price
- Formerly $0.05 per image at 1K and $0.07 at 2K in our September pricing record. The replacement costs less per image.
- Former settings
- Pro had no quality dial, with 1K or 2K output in thirteen fixed shapes and reference-image edits.
- Samples
- Our September results below are historical Pro output, not a test of the current replacement.
Other Grok Imagine models: Grok Imagine 2.0, Grok Imagine, Grok Imagine Video 1.5, Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite. Compare all 5.
Anvisha's take
Pro was the fastest model in our September run, five to eight seconds a picture, and on our prompts it was not obviously better than Grok Imagine 2.0 at medium quality. The poster and infographic text came out right, the market scene was good, and the edit changed the dripper's shape the way 2.0's did. Where 2.0 nailed the hard composition, Pro put six ice cubes in the glass. Those samples remain a historical comparison. For new work, use Grok Imagine 2.0: Pro retired on 2 November 2026 and its API names now serve 2.0 at low quality.
Grok Imagine Pro real output: the same 12 prompts every model gets
Every image model on this site gets the same 12 prompts, so you can compare like with like. These are the pictures Grok Imagine Pro returned, one try each, nothing re-rolled or retouched. Generated on . The 12 timed pictures took 5 to 8 seconds each and cost $0.60 in total.
Spelling, kerning and hierarchy of three lines of set text.
›What we asked for
A concert poster that reads 'MODA SUMMER SESSIONS' in large bold type, with the subtitle 'Friday 12 June, 8pm, Roundhouse' and a smaller line 'Tickets at the door'. Risograph style, two colours, tangerine and navy, grainy ink texture.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 3:4, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 864 by 1152 pixels
Catalogue lighting, a clean seamless background and a believable contact shadow.
›What we asked for
Studio product photograph of a matte black ceramic pour-over coffee dripper on a seamless white background, soft top light, subtle contact shadow, centred, catalogue style.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 1:1, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1024 pixels
A natural face, correct finger count and hands holding an object.
›What we asked for
Close-up portrait of a woman in her 40s with short grey hair, laughing, holding a red ceramic mug with both hands, natural window light, 85mm lens, shallow depth of field.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 3:4, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 864 by 1152 pixels
A flat single-colour mark with a legible wordmark and no gradients or photo texture.
›What we asked for
A flat vector logo mark for a bicycle repair shop called 'Spoke & Chain': a single-colour icon combining a chain link and a wheel spoke, with the wordmark below in a geometric sans-serif, black on white.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 1:1, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1024 pixels
Many distinct objects and people in one frame without merging or duplicating them.
›What we asked for
A crowded Saturday farmers market seen from slightly above: at least twelve stalls with striped awnings, shoppers carrying tote bags, a dog on a leash, crates of oranges, a musician with a guitar, bunting overhead, late morning light.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 4:3, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1152 by 864 pixels
A named historical style applied faithfully rather than a generic painterly look.
›What we asked for
A lighthouse on a rocky cliff during a storm, in the style of a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print, with visible wood grain texture, flat colour areas and a bokashi gradient sky.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 3:4, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 864 by 1152 pixels
Six labelled bars at the stated heights, in order, with readable axes.
›What we asked for
A clean bar chart titled 'Monthly active users' showing six months, January through June, with the values 120, 150, 180, 170, 220 and 260, labelled axes, white background, one accent colour, no 3D effects.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 4:3, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1152 by 864 pixels
A 21:9 composition that leaves the left third clear for headline text.
›What we asked for
Website hero banner: a wide panorama of a sunlit modern co-working space with plants, the left third of the frame kept as clear wall space for text, warm neutral palette.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 2:1, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1408 by 704 pixels
Four numbered steps in the given order with their exact wording, plus an icon each.
›What we asked for
An infographic card titled 'How to brew pour-over' with four numbered steps in this order: 1. Rinse the filter, 2. Bloom for 30 seconds, 3. Pour in slow circles, 4. Wait 3 minutes. A simple icon beside each step, muted palette, clean sans-serif type.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 3:4, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 864 by 1152 pixels
Appetising, menu-grade food with correct textures and no melted anatomy.
›What we asked for
Overhead photograph of a margherita pizza on a wooden board, fresh basil leaves, one slice pulled out with the cheese stretching, restaurant menu photography, natural light.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 1:1, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1024 pixels
Exact counts and left-right placement of five named objects.
›What we asked for
A glass of water on a wooden table with exactly three ice cubes in it, a yellow pencil resting across the rim of the glass, a blue book to the left of the glass and a red apple to the right, photographed from table height.
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image
aspect_ratio: 4:3, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1152 by 864 pixels
“Change the coffee dripper to a deep forest green and add a small brass handle on its right side. Keep the background, lighting and composition exactly as they are.”
- 1k
- auto
›What we asked for
Change the coffee dripper to a deep forest green and add a small brass handle on its right side. Keep the background, lighting and composition exactly as they are. (applied to the product on white result above)
xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/edit
aspect_ratio: auto, resolution: 1k, output_format: png, num_images: 1
returned 1024 by 1024 pixels
How the cost under each picture was worked out: fal's published per-image price for 1k (fal model page, read 2026-09-09).
Grok Imagine Pro pricing
| Where | Unit | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| xAI API (historical) | Image Historical Pro price, read on 9 September 2026, before retirement on 2 November. Requests now use Grok Imagine 2.0 at low quality at a lower per-image price. | $0.05 | xAI models and pricing, read |
| fal (historical) | 1K image Historical Pro price, read on 9 September 2026, before retirement on 2 November. Requests now use Grok Imagine 2.0 at low quality at a lower per-image price. | $0.05 | fal model page, read |
| fal (historical) | 2K image Historical Pro price, read on 9 September 2026, before retirement on 2 November. Requests now use Grok Imagine 2.0 at low quality at a lower per-image price. | $0.07 | fal model page, read |
Is Grok Imagine Pro free?
Grok Imagine Pro is retired and is no longer a separate model to access, free or paid.
- •xAI retired both Pro API names on 2 November 2026.
- •Existing API requests continue without changes, but run as Grok Imagine 2.0 at low quality and are charged at a lower per-image price.
Where to use Grok Imagine Pro
- xAI retirement notice · grok-imagine-image-quality and grok-imagine-image-pro now serve grok-imagine-image-2.0-low. No request changes are needed.
- Voyager · Use Grok Imagine 2.0 in Voyager. Pro is retired and is not a separate model choice.
What we noticed running Grok Imagine Pro
- •Before retirement, Pro was the quickest model in our September run. All twelve pictures came back in 5 to 8 seconds, against a median of a minute for Grok Imagine 2.0 on the same day. These timings do not describe the replacement.
- •Placement right, count wrong: pencil across the rim, book left, apple right, but six ice cubes rather than three. It also gave the book a title and a library label nobody asked for. See the hard composition picture.
- •It elaborates. The four headings are exact and in order, each with a paragraph of invented instructions, plus a footer with brewing temperatures the prompt never mentioned. See the infographic with steps picture.
- •Edits are re-draws. The recolour and brass handle arrived, on a dripper with a spout and a drain hole the original never had. See the edit an existing image picture.
- •Text exact; the illustration under it is an abstract collage rather than the venue, which is a defensible reading of 'risograph'. See the text in an image picture.
- •Draws its own maker's logo: the self-portrait carries a small xAI mark in the corner.
- •Sizes follow xAI's shape list: 1024 by 1024 at square, 864 by 1152 at 3:4, 1408 by 704 for the wide banner (xAI's nearest shape to 21:9 is 2:1).
Grok Imagine Pro limits and API parameters
| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
| Output size | Before retirement: 1K or 2K in thirteen fixed shapes from 2:1 to 1:2, including phone-screen ratios like 19.5:9. No arbitrary pixel sizes. fal API reference, read |
| Input images for edits | Before retirement: up to 3 on fal, up to 5 on the xAI API. fal API reference, read |
| Transparent background | Before retirement: not supported. fal API reference, read |
›Every setting, for developers
Historical Pro settings: fal (xai/grok-imagine-image/quality/text-to-image)
fal API reference, read
| Parameter | Type | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| prompt | string | Any text Required. | |
| aspect_ratio | enum | 2:1, 20:9, 19.5:9, 16:9, 4:3, 3:2, 1:1, 2:3, 3:4, 9:16, 9:19.5, 9:20, 1:2 | 1:1 |
| resolution | enum | 1k, 2k | 1k |
| num_images | integer | 1 or more | 1 |
| output_format | enum | jpeg, png, webp | jpeg |
| image_urls | list of URLs | Up to 3 Edit endpoint only, where it is required. |
Historical Pro settings: xAI API
xAI image generation guide, read
| Parameter | Type | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| n | integer | Up to 10 images per request | |
| aspect_ratio | enum | 2:1, 20:9, 19.5:9, 16:9, 4:3, 3:2, 1:1, 2:3, 3:4, 9:16, 9:19.5, 9:20, 1:2 | |
| resolution | enum | 1k, 2k | |
| image_url | URL | Up to 5 source images on the edits endpoint | |
| response_format | enum | url, b64_json |
What Grok Imagine Pro will not draw
xAI's acceptable use policy applies through every host, and fal notes that a request refused on those terms is still charged. In practice the boundaries are the usual ones for a model with a permissive reputation: no sexual or intimate depictions of real people, no sexual, violent or harmful depictions of minors, no election disinformation, no deceptive real-person imagery without disclosure, no impersonation. xAI says generated media goes through content policy review and is not used for training.
Alternatives to Grok Imagine Pro
Frequently asked questions
What is Grok Imagine Pro?
Grok Imagine Pro was xAI's higher-fidelity image tier. It retired on 2 November 2026. Requests to grok-imagine-image-quality and grok-imagine-image-pro now run as Grok Imagine 2.0 at low quality, at a lower per-image price, with no request changes needed.
Grok Imagine Pro or 2.0?
Use Grok Imagine 2.0. Pro is retired; its API names now serve 2.0 at low quality. The Pro samples here are historical results from before retirement, not output you can still select as a separate model.
How much does Grok Imagine Pro cost?
The former Pro price was $0.05 per image on the xAI API, with our September record also listing $0.05 at 1K and $0.07 at 2K. Since 2 November 2026, requests to the Pro API names use Grok Imagine 2.0 at low quality at a lower per-image price. xAI says usage.cost_in_usd_ticks on each response reflects that lower price.
How this page is made
Prices, limits and settings are read from the linked vendor and host pages on the dates shown. Every picture was generated by us through fal with the request shown under it, and the original files are kept unedited. A generation that failed is shown as a failure. Model and vendor names are used to identify the products; no vendor imagery appears on this page.
